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1. (adj.) apprehensive
uneasy or fearful about something that might happen.
2. apprehensive
quick to learn or understand.
3. apprehensive
perceptive; discerning.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < ML)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) apprehensive, discerning
quick to understand
"a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
2. (adj) apprehensive, worried
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
"apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
3. (adj) apprehensive
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
"apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) apprehensive
capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning
2. (adj) apprehensive
knowing; conscious; cognizant
3. (adj) apprehensive
relating to the faculty of apprehension
4. (adj) apprehensive
anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil
5. (adj) apprehensive
sensible; feeling; perceptive
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